Tank.



W. H. PARTON.

TANK.

APLICATIQN FILED NOV. 2l. 1 916.

Patented Mar. 19', 1918.

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w. H. PARTON.

i IANK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21.1916.

1,260,024; 7 Patented Mar.19,1918.

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with air spaces within the walls of the tank Y UNrrED sfrnfrns PATENT OFFICE. i

WILLIAM HPARTON, Aor LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

TANK. Y

T 0 all whom t may concern: v

. Be it'known that I, VILLIAM H. PARTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tanks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tanks for holding liquids, more particularly watering tanks for stock, and has for one of its objects to provide a Vdevice of this character constructed` entirely from `cement and so arranged as to be non-freezing in cold weather and which may be Vreadily moved from over desired. n n

Anotherobject of the invention is to provide a device of this character arranged .to be located directly upon the ground and without other bottom than the ground beneath the tank which is rendered impervious to water or non-leaking by any suitable means. f Y

Another object of the invention is to provide a tank `constructed from a plurality of units and with downwardlyV opening air spaces communicating with the ground onv which the -tank is erected.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tank, the walls of which are constructed from concrete or like material and closed at y their upper ends and opening downwardly in communication with the ground kon which the tank is located.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim; and in thedrawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved tank in its preferred form,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detached perspective view from beneath of one of the wall units, y

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a plan view partly in section of the form of structure shown in Fig. l,

Fig. 5 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 4 illustrating a modification in the construction,

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

The improved device comprises a tank or place to place and erected wher- Specification of Letters Patent. l Patented Dial. 19, 1918,. Application mea November 21, 191e. serial No. 132,659.

like structure, preferably formed from con-- l' crete or like materialy and formed without a bottom or top and resting by its lower edge directly upon the ground. If the ground is of suchnature that it can be rendered impervious to water by pounding or rolling, as in some cases, the ground is thus through the ground.. hen constructed as,y shown lin Figs. l and 4 of the drawings,

with the walls constructed from a pluralityj 'i of units, the spacesrbetween the unitsv or blocks will be packed with a suitable filling material such as aplurality of thicknesses of waterproofed paper ork the like lto render the ]oints between the units waterproof. The blocks or units are of a form'similar toy the stones of an arch, or tapering toward their inner sides with the inner sides curved toconform to the innery face of the tank while the outer sides of the blocks will be curved to'conform to the outer face of the tank, or with the side faces of the blocks radiating toward the central point of the tank. The blocks are indicated conventionally at 10 and the packing between the blocks at l1. The blocks may be of any required length and the number of blocks employed will correspond to the size of the tank. For convenience, the blocks will be about eight inches wide at the outer faces and about two feet high, for an ordinary watering tank, but these dimensions may be varied as required. Suitable binding hoopsV municating with the ground upon which the tank is erected. The cavities thus contain dead air and effectually prevent'the passage of frost to the waterof the tank except in the severest weather. The dead air spaces being closed at their upperv ends so vthat the upper rim of the tank wall is Solid,

the cooler vatmospheric air is prevented from passing into the cavities v andthereby chilling the interior of therwall and-the lowering of the temperature of the Wall by exi.

posure is prevented by the presence of the deadv air ,spacesy inl the lWelll known manner. As there is 'always'air escaping from the surface of the earth somewhat yWarmerthan the,

higher atmospheric air, the interior of the Wall-Willbe kept at v a temperature somewhat aboyethe surrounding air owing tothe-fact thatthese Warmer? air currents, will passinto the dead air spacesand lWill be held therein by the elosednpper. ends .ofthe same.

Ereeteol at jthe centerof the tank is a posty represented at: 14 and embedded a suiiicient distance ,ink the ground.y (tos dispose .the lowerendbelownthe -frost -line=. ,The post serves thusjasA an, anti-,freezing elementioperating as ateofnductor, :ot the Warmer temperature of the earth rand, prevents .the lWater from freezing-around the post.

In Fig', the ,improved-device is shown constructed ,ofi a continuous Wall'illustrated at 1,5my of concrete .or-:like materialwithopenings1 Y 1 6 initially formed entirely there through, andthe upper ends. ofthe openings elosedby filler membersjf indicatedl et 17 in Figi-65-` Thei openings'vl. thus jopen-downf Wardly: in the samemanner'as the openings shoWnin-Eigs. l toll fafterithe' filler members are arrangedin position. e Thearrangement shown.. in F-ig.- 5-Wil14j be employedfor the smaller-class'of tanks,:but when the larger tanks are to beused, the Walls; Willy-be con-eV structed yof afiplura-lity of units :1s-:shown in Figsffl and Whenfthe walls yare continuous Yga,s.,sliowni.in 11`ig.ff5,the binding elements 12 will not ybegrequirhe-d.;l

Janieni Ifit-this patentmay he .obtained for ve cents eachfyteddressn Washington, DVG."-

Under some Circumstances, it may be desii-able to employ a vconcrete or cement iioor Afor t-lie'tankfand when this is done, in a tank constructed from a plurality of units or staves as in Figs. l and i, a strip of suitable material such as Waterproof paper, rep-` resentedfat' 18, is pasted or otherwise sup-` ported uponmeaehj -unit at its lower end, and the floor material, represented at 19, deposited when in a plasticzstate npon the ground ,within the tank, the kpaper strips preventing'v lthe materialvof the fioonfrom adheringto y;

vthe -u-nitslofA the tank.

vWhen the floor ma@V terialis'employedfin astank formed withy an a continuous Wall, :as shown ini Figs. y5: andvG,

as shown.;`y

A:maintained frornthe Walls ofi-.the tank-gn,

the protecting member: lbe Continuons T he cement -bottom'fvis thusf. separately'sie v The'ifiioor-;m aterialmayv be Concrete, hyif.'

dran-lierement, asphalt; or any@other'fsnit;LY

able material `or com-poundor combination tof materials which Willtharden with' expo-nsw ',sure Vand Whiehr Willzbe impervious :to-mois; 1; v

ture, and it is not desired to limit the device#` .to anyspeeiiomaterial or- Compound on'com-f.

lbination of materials'for the iioor'vof the Having thus Adescribedih'e invention,v ,what 3:25@

is claimed SLS- new is: 1,

form a solid rim aronnd'the tank.;

fr In testimony. whereovfflf'afiix my signaturec;

WILLIAM-H,.- BARTQN. [nsi 1 

